Distraction Free Mode fails to hide the left area and split line in PyCharm 2025.2.0.1

Hi Nyssance 

Regarding the left pane being too wide it seems this is related to an old ongoing case:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-996/Left-border-gutter-is-too-wide

While this is not yet addressed, using compact mode will make the left pane even thinner 

You can do this from: View | Appearance | Compact mode

Regarding instead the method separators, I am unable to replicate this in 2025.2.0.1 so I think it might be a corruption of the project or settings during the update.

Does this affect new projects or only existing ones ? 

if the issue only affects existing projects would you please refresh the .idea folder

• Close the IDE
• Navigate to the project root directory and backup/delete the .idea folder (please note in UNIX based OS this is a hidden folder)
• Start the IDE

Disabling all non bundled plugins is also a good idea to verify if a third party plugin is causing this:

Enabling/Disabling all downloaded plugins can be done from a single setting from Settings | Plugins | gear icon | Disable all downloaded plugins

If the above does not work, would it be an option to restore the IDE settings to default?

File | Manage IDE Settings | Restore Default Settings ( It is advised to backup the settings before resetting to default)

Kind regards,